Gerace 14
Like all old coastal hill towns in Italy the distance of the town away from the sea and the height of the hill they occupy was usually directly proportional to the amount of pirate raiders that practiced their trade in the waters of the coastline. The people of Gerace are thought to have been a group of survivors of a Saracen raid on Locri that badly damaged the town, according to legend the people followed a sparrow-hawk until it led them to Gerace’s current site with the town name coming from the Greek word jerax for “sparrow-hawk”. This shot is not taken from Gerace’s scenic panorama Le Bombarde but a few levels down on Via Santa Lucia allowing me to capture the sunrise over the roofs of the lower town.
I took this on Sept 16th 2023 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 G2 Lens at 24mm, 1/640s, f3.2 ISO 64 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism and still a work in progress
Gerace 14
Like all old coastal hill towns in Italy the distance of the town away from the sea and the height of the hill they occupy was usually directly proportional to the amount of pirate raiders that practiced their trade in the waters of the coastline. The people of Gerace are thought to have been a group of survivors of a Saracen raid on Locri that badly damaged the town, according to legend the people followed a sparrow-hawk until it led them to Gerace’s current site with the town name coming from the Greek word jerax for “sparrow-hawk”. This shot is not taken from Gerace’s scenic panorama Le Bombarde but a few levels down on Via Santa Lucia allowing me to capture the sunrise over the roofs of the lower town.
I took this on Sept 16th 2023 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 G2 Lens at 24mm, 1/640s, f3.2 ISO 64 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism and still a work in progress